Houthis Ceasefire Does Not Extend to Israel

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Apparently obliterating the entire international terminal of Sanaa Airport, including all airplanes there, dismantling the Houthi terrorist infrastructure at the main airport and taking out a cement terror factory in Sanaa wasn’t enough.  Yemen will stop bombing shipping lanes but that doesn’t mean the US won’t support Israel’s counter attacks on the terror state.

If Yemen continues it’s jihad against the Jewish state, rest assured disproportionate measures will be taken. The worst thing Israel could do would be to destroy their khat fields. Those drug addicts would whither and die.

YEMEN: IDF Obliterates Sanaa Airport, All Planes Destroyed, Two Power Plants and Cement Factory Also Destroyed

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Make no mistake,

Open Source: Houthis on Sunday: “We are closing down Israel’s airport.” Houthis on Tuesday: “Our airport is now shut down and all flights are suspended until further notice” (X).

Trump announces US truce with Houthis, who say their strikes on Israel will continue

President says rebel group agreed to cease attacks on US vessels, in what Omani mediator says will ensure Red Sea freedom of navigation; Israel caught off guard by announcement

By ToI Staff, Agencies and Jacob Magid, Times of Israel, May 7, 2025:

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the US would stop bombing Yemen’s Houthis after the Iran-backed group had agreed to stop interrupting important shipping lanes in the Middle East.

The announcement did not mention the ongoing Houthi attacks on Israel, and a spokesman for the Yemeni rebel group pledged that such strikes would continue. Israeli officials told Hebrew media outlets that Washington did not give Jerusalem advance notice of the announcement, and that Israel was surprised by it.

After Trump made the announcement, Oman revealed that it had mediated the ceasefire deal under which neither side will target the other, including US vessels in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait.

CNN cited people familiar with the matter as saying Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff had worked with the Omanis over the past week to broker the US-Houthi ceasefire. The sources said the ceasefire was also meant to help build momentum in the Omani-mediated Iran nuclear talks, which Witkoff has also been leading on behalf of the Trump administration.

During a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump said the Houthis had informed the White House that “they don’t want to fight anymore.”

“They said, Please don’t bomb us anymore and we’re not going to attack your ships,” said Trump. “And I will accept their word, and we are going to stop the bombing of the Houthis effective immediately.”

“They say they will not be blowing up ships anymore, and that was the purpose of what we’ve been doing,” Trump said. “I think that’s very positive. They were knocking out a lot of ships sailing beautifully down the various seas.”

Trump, who is set to visit the Middle East next week, also said he had a “very, very, very big announcement to make… like as big as it gets… and it’s really positive.”

The president said the announcement could come Thursday, Friday or Monday, before he departs for Saudi Arabia. He declined to say what the announcement would be about.

Trump’s administration has been negotiating trade deals with a number of countries, and has been reported to be planning a $100-billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia. Speaking to Time magazine last month, Trump also predicted Saudi-Israel normalization could come “very quickly.”

Speaking to CNN on Tuesday, a defense official confirmed that the US military had been instructed to halt attacks on the Houthis on Monday evening.

Asked later Tuesday about Houthi pledges to continue attacks against Israel, Trump responded, “I’ll discuss that if something happens.”

“I don’t know about that, but I know one thing: They want nothing to do with us, and they let that be known through all of their surrogates,” Trump told reporters.
Yemenis lift placards during a rally for the Iran-backed Houthi group, in Houthi-controlled Sanaa on May 2, 2025. (Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)

The head of Yemen’s Houthi Supreme Political Council, Mahdi al-Mashat said earlier Tuesday that the group would continue its attacks “in support of Gaza.”

He advised Israelis to “remain in shelters because their government will not be able to protect them.”

The head of Yemen’s Houthi supreme revolutionary committee, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, meanwhile, tweeted that the US halt of “aggression” against Yemen will be evaluated while also suggesting that his group will continue attacking Israel.

Trump loyalist Lindsey Graham, the Republican US senator from South Carolina, indicated in an X post that Israel would be on its own defending itself from Iran’s proxies.

“As to the Houthis continuing to attack Israel — they do so at Iran’s own peril. Without Iran, the Houthis do not possess the capability to attack America, international shipping or Israel,” Graham wrote on X. “To my friends in Israel, do what you have to do to protect your airspace and your people. It is long past time to consider hitting Iran hard. It wouldn’t take much to put Iran out of the oil business.”



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